Purity Ring is great! I saw them open up for Neon Indian earlier this year, and was quite taken with their live performance. Downloaded their early singles and had been looking forward to the new album, and it does not disappoint!

quote:I bought 4 2012 albums last night (Dirty Projectors, Twin Shadow, The Men, and Father John Misty), so this top 5 could change soon.

two weeks later and i am digging all these albums. i could see all contending for my year-end top ten. plus the little of i've heard of the new purity ring and passion pit sounds good. throw in some the heavy hitters coming up in the next few months and 2012 is looking pretty good.